Jeff Daniels

Reporter

Jeff Daniels is a reporter for CNBC.com. Previously, he was a coordinating producer for CNBC, based at the network's Los Angeles Bureau. He joined the network in 1999.

Prior to joining CNBC, Daniels was entertainment editor of financial wire service Bridge News and business editor of The Hollywood Reporter. He was a news writer for Financial Network Network, a predecessor to CNBC. Earlier in his career, he was a reporter and market columnist for Investor's Daily (since renamed Investor's Business Daily).

Daniels holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from California State University-Northridge. He graduated from the University of La Verne in La Verne, California, with an MBA in finance.

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A Delta IV-Heavy rocket carrying a U.S. government spy satellite finally launched into orbit Saturday from California. Technical glitches and unfavorable weather had forced the mission to be scrubbed several times since early December.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday unveiled a record $209 billion state budget in fiscal 2019-20 but also expressed concern about the economy and detailed plans to sock away more money to prepare for an inevitable recession.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to cut off federal emergency aid to California for wildfire relief, prompting a swift response from new Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom that "disasters and recovery are no time for politics."

Newsom, 51, is the Golden State's 40th governor and succeeds Jerry Brown, a Democrat who served four terms as governor and also sparred with the Trump on a wide range of issues, including climate change and immigration.